About / What is MonitOff
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MonitOff is a simple tool to switch off the monitor(s). It was inspired by a
similar tool, which was quite large for such a simple API call.
Please note that the provided executables are so "big" due the version resource
and icons. Without any resources, the executable is about 1kb, entirely written
in extreme assembly style.

The latest official version can be found at http://www.ctuser.net. For
suggestions, questions, requests or bug reports, send eMail to
info@ctuser.net.

Requirements
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This tool is written in assembly, and therefore has no special runtime
requirements, but it uses some libraries:
  * kernel32 (ExitProcess, Sleep)
  * user32   (SendMessageA)

Usage:
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When started, this tool will wait 2.5 seconds, then turn off the monitor(s).
Exit code is the value returned by SendMessageA (maybe relevant for batching,
this feature does not require additional bytes)

Differences of the executables
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       Filename        |  Style  | VersionInfo |  Colors   |    Sizes    | VistaIcon | Notes
-----------------------|---------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|------
MonitOff_Console_NoRes | Console |             |           |             |           |
MonitOff_Console       | Console |     yes     |           |             |           |
MonitOff               |   GUI   |             |           |             |           |
MonitOff_NoIcons:      |   GUI   |     yes     |           |             |           |
MonitOff_NT4:          |   GUI   |     yes     | 16 256    | 16    32 48 |           |
MonitOff_95:           |   GUI   |     yes     | 16        | 16    32    |           |
MonitOff_Classic:      |   GUI   |     yes     | 16 256    | 16    32 48 |           | Used by Windows 98,Me,2000,XP
MonitOff_ClassicFull:  |   GUI   |     yes     | 16 256    | 16 24 32 48 |           | Classic with additional 24x24 icons
MonitOff_Vista:        |   GUI   |     yes     | 16 256 XP | 16 24 32 48 |    yes    | Default with additional 16 color icons

Note the 24x24 classic icons are not found in any windows version, so I created
them from the 32x32 / 16x16 icons

Copying / License / ...
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MonitOff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

If you have any questions, suggestions or bug reports about this product,
contact me: info@ctuser.net
